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As mass layoffs come down, remote workers become a scapegoat
“Just as with the quiet quitting phenomenon, everyone tried to make it the employee’s problem when, from my perspective, it is a company problem. No company that is successful and has been able to weather the pandemic should at this point be turning around and saying, ‘Well, our remote workers are less productive.’”
Eric Mochnacz, senior consultant at the HR services firm Red Clover.
As mass layoffs come down, remote workers become a scapegoat
“WFH becomes an easy scapegoat as it becomes a place where companies can disregard over a decade of mostly not caring about performance management and adequate headcount planning and instead suggest it’s a new phenomenon that has impacted productivity.”
Jon Sadow, cofounder and chief product and technology officer at flexible work platform Scoop.
How classism impacts the workplace and what employers can do to tackle it
“Classism can can manifest in many subtle ways, such as employees feeling left out of conversations in the workplace as they do not understand an inside joke based on the experiences of middle class co-workers, or in more overt ways such as mockery of regional and working-class accents.”
Haleema Ali, social change activist.
How classism impacts the workplace and what employers can do to tackle it
“We’ve heard some real horror stories of the things people have said to them about their background when they start jobs and people facing quite awful comments – some probably with the intention of being mean but some just a lack of thought and understanding about the world.”
Lisa Thompson, business director of strategy and planning at ad agency Wavemaker North and one of the co-founders of Common People.
How classism impacts the workplace and what employers can do to tackle it
“Addressing social inequalities takes recognition, investment and commitment to do what is fair. This is a human issue, above all else, but that lack of leaders (and future leaders) from a lower socioeconomic background also deprives the organization of fresh perspectives.”
Camilla Drejer, Accenture’s lead for citizenship and responsible business in the U.K. and Ireland.